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[Veritas-bu] Need ideas for doing restore from previous media - more info

2009-05-11 17:22:50
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Need ideas for doing restore from previous media - more info
From: "Jann Toole" <jannr AT cesa.opbu.xerox DOT com>
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 14:19:32 -0700

I guess I should mention - this is a solaris 10 system and NBU 6.5.3

jann


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I have a problem that I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around
and was hoping someone could give me some ideas.

So, here's the situation. I have a master server and a SAN media server
currently active. Neither one of these systems have openings for additional
hardware. I have a SL500 tape library with 4 LTO3 tape drives - both
the master and SAN server share those drives. All is well there.
Our sDLT tape drive was upgraded to the 4th LTO3 drive in that library 
about a year ago, and we no longer have a sDLT drive in the mix (at the moment).

I have a restore request from a tape about 4 years old. It's a sDLT tape
that was written by the SAN media server host.

I have a spare SAN media server license and I have 2 more tape drive
licenses not in use. So, legally I have the license issue covered. 

If I take a host, add a stand alone sDLT tape drive (SCSI attached). Give
that host the other SAN license and the tape drive license, do you think I 
can do the restore from this other host?  

I'm thinking I can use bpmedia to move that tape from the backup source
to the new SAN media server. I might have to move the data after it's
restored, but the biggest obstacle now is getting it off tape.

The sDLT standalone drive will not be on the SAN. Nor will the host - this is 
where my brain gets crossed. Will the SAN media server license work to restore 
sDLT tapes on a standalone drive when they are not on a SAN?

Any hints, tips, or ideas are most greatly appreciated.
Thanks...
jann




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